Lars Day Prize - Future of Memory

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With the Lars Day Prize - Future of Remembrance , the Lars Day Foundation and the Academy Programs of the Jewish Museum Berlin have been honoring projects and initiatives since 2016 that “ carry on the commemoration of National Socialist crimes in a creative and forward-looking way and take responsibility for a present and a future without Take over hatred and exclusion ”. The award is intended to make the commitment of young people with a history of immigration visible and to show practical examples for dealing with the past in a way that is appropriate for young people.

Goal setting

Christian Petry, CEO of the Lars Day Foundation, formulated an educational concern as the aim of the award: The aim is to make the memory of the National Socialist crimes a natural part of the education of all German and European citizens. A culture of remembrance should be promoted, "which takes account of the change to a post-migrant society". The award honors actors who “work with young people to preserve the memory of National Socialist injustice and comparable crimes against humanity”. The spotlight is placed on projects that have a lasting impact and reach multipliers .

Framework

The Lars Day Foundation was founded in 2001 by the German-American Day family in memory of their child Lars. Since 2016 it has been awarding the Lars Day Prize - Future of Remembrance - together with the Academy Programs of the Jewish Museum Berlin . An advisory board made up of experts from science, school, art and political education decides on the award of the prize. In 2016/2017, Esra Küçük , a member of the board of directors of the Maxim Gorki Theater and head of the Gorki Forum, was chairwoman. The prize is endowed with 5,000 euros; it can be split between several winners.

Award winners

2016

  • AKRAN - Peer-to-Peer against prejudice

In this project, the Kreuzberg Initiative against Antisemitism e. V. Experience with the inclusion of Muslim youth in political education work on a theoretically well-founded and practical qualification program. The addressees come from mosque communities and from youth associations of migrant self-organizations (MSO) and established providers of youth welfare and social work. There they take on the role of multipliers . A seminar trip, workshops and educational trips to the Netherlands and Israel are part of the program.

  • Annette Dorothea Weber

Annette Dorothea Weber, director and artistic director of COMMUNITYartCENTERmannheim, received the award for her staging of the play Gypsy Boxer by Rike Reiniger, which deals with the story of the German boxer and Sinto Trollmann . It is designed as a school class piece and was awarded the Circle of Friends Prize in 2011 at the Heidelberger Stückemarkt . In its justification, the jury stated that the performances would allow young people to “bring the inhuman regime of National Socialism into opposition to the needs and values ​​of a free personal development”. The production is "a successful example of a confrontation with the National Socialist past that focuses on the participation of young people with a history of immigration".

2017

  • Berlin youth exchange project of the Federal Association Amaro Drom eV

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Lars Day Prize - Future of Memory - Jewish Museum Berlin. In: jmberlin.de. Retrieved October 22, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m israel news: Commitment to a future without hatred and exclusion - Israel Nachrichten - Jewish newspaper from Israel in German. (No longer available online.) In: israel-nachrichten.org. October 10, 2016, archived from the original on October 23, 2016 ; accessed on October 23, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.israel-nachrichten.org
  3. ^ Lars Day Foundation - Foundation and Funding Association for Model Projects GmbH. In: sfgm.de. Retrieved October 22, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Projects against prejudice. In: berliner-woche.de. October 18, 2016, accessed October 23, 2016 .
  5. ^ "Lars Day Prize - Future of Remembrance" 2017. Accessed on December 19, 2019 .
  6. ^ Theater, Orchestra Heidelberg: Prize Winners. In: theaterheidelberg.de. August 1, 2013, accessed October 22, 2016 .